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I was delighted to receive a request to feature this DIY pattern from Lace and Lore for a pair of Kill La Kill inspired shoes. While wearing an actual Kamui Senketsu would be chilly (bordering on illegal depending on where you live), these Kamui Senketsu shoes are a nice way to pay homage to anime without going full cosplay. Not that there’s anything wrong with cosplay! I personally like blending little geeky touches into my everyday wardrobe without being too obvious, and these shoes would look great with jeans and a tee.

Click the photo for a link to their tutorial. You’ll need shoes, fabric paint, and crafting supplies that you probably already own if you’re reading my blog (X-acto, masking tape etc.) I’m a big fan of all-black high-top Converse, and I’m wondering whether fabric paint works on rubber too…

While you’re at it, check out Lace and Lore’s site for more fabulous geek fashion.

Haven’t finished any more projects yet so I thought I’d post something I made a few months ago. More Miyazaki-inspired cuteness. I saw a picture of a similar pillow online and wanted to figure out how to make it. This is one of the rare things I’ve made twice: one for my sister and one for my niece.

I love Studio Ghibli movies: Spirited Away is my favourite. I’ve never seen a pattern posted for No-Face, and thought he’d be easy to make since his body is a simple shape. So here it is, my first pattern! Of course, I don’t own the character or the movie: please feel free to use the pattern, but don’t sell the pattern or anything you make with it.

I added a twist to make him more like the movie character…

What you’ll need:

black yarn (I used cheapie Red Heart Super Saver worsted weight)

3.75 mm (size F) crochet hook

white and pink felt

black and silver/gray embroidery floss

white and pink thread to attach face and mouth to body (you could also use glue)

stuffing (I used polyfill with a bit of unpopped popcorn in the base)

He’s worked entirely in the round with single crochet (sc), increase (inc), and invisible decrease (invdec) stitches. Nothing tricky here if you’re a beginner. Here are some closeups for embroidering the face — I’ve never embroidered before as you can tell :)